avian flu in humans would be a grade 5 pathogen, like ebola, which are
normally dealt with by people in NBC suits and trechsler isolators. my old
army one is out of date though! it makes sars look like a beginner. the who
flu boss was in the paper talking about it- real doomsday stuff too.
>From: Tim Heywood <[log in to unmask]>
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>Interesting, but I think there'd be a case for negligence if you hold an
>NHS
>contract (because you would not be fulfilling your duty of care), and maybe
>sanctions of a sterner degree from the GMC.
>
>However, I might be happy to retrain in a different profession if it saved
>me exposure to a 70% fatal risk.....
>
>T
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Paul Caldwell" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 2:52 PM
>Subject: avian flu
>
>
> > if we got a pandemic of it, could i legitimately refuse to go to work?
>my
> > reading of the antiflu stuff the gov is stocking is that their effect is
> > quite modest. i'm buggered if i'm going to put myself at serious risk of
> > getting a 70% fatal illness.
> >
>
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